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Increasing city service fees, next year’s budget and radar speed display signs around town are among the topics Tuesday evening in what is set to be the San Ramon City Council’s final meeting in its home of more than 30 years before moving into the new City Hall in the coming weeks.
Work is nearly complete on the City Hall complex at 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road, and city staff is set to move into the new two-story, 45,000-square-foot building April 22-26 and then open for business starting April 27.
That gives San Ramon officials less than two weeks in the current City Hall, a one-story office complex on the 2200 block of Camino Ramon — which was dedicated as the city offices in 1984, a year after incorporation.
The new City Hall, with a large council chambers, public meeting rooms, offices and a large lobby, is located adjacent to Central Park and near the site of the planned City Center at Bishop Ranch retail complex. Construction on the city facility began in late summer 2014 by Sunset Development Co.
Tuesday is the final scheduled council meeting in the current council chambers at 2222 Camino Ramon, and to mark the occasion, the San Ramon Police Department color guard will present the retirement of flags for the decommissioning of the soon-to-be-former City Hall.
The ceremonial grand-opening event at the new City Hall is set for May 14, with the council’s first public meeting on-site scheduled to occur four days earlier, according to city clerk Renee Beck.
In other business
* As part of its regular meeting that starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the council will consider approving a proposal to raise fees for renting San Ramon athletic fields and many other city facilities by 2%, as well as other adjustments to a range of service fees charged by the city.
The councilmen reviewed the recommended changes last month and expressed initial support for the package except for one addition, according to Beck’s staff report. The council suggested increasing the hourly rate for renting the Rancho San Ramon Sports Park batting cages from $7.05 per hour to $25 per hour.
City officials review the fees charged for various city services each year as part of the budget process, and they then make recommendations for changes to the council, Beck noted.
* San Ramon transportation staff will present an annual update of the city’s radar speed display sign program.
There are digital signs in 12 spots across the city alerting drivers to their speeds in real-time in the hopes of reducing speeds to posted limits and improving safety along the roads, according to transportation specialist Prabhjot Dhoot. Sign locations include areas on streets like Crow Canyon Road, Bollinger Canyon Road, Monarch Road, Windemere Parkway, Morgan Drive and San Ramon Valley Boulevard.
The program started with four signs in 2007, and the county grew to 12 by 2011, with each location seeing traffic speed decreases since its sign was installed, according to Dhoot.
“Based on the data, the (sign) program does continue to demonstrate effectiveness by achieving speed reduction along non-local roadways in San Ramon,” Dhoot wrote in a staff report.
* Mayor Bill Clarkson will present proclamations declaring this as National Volunteer Week and designating this month as Alcohol Awareness Month. He will also give special recognition to the recent graduates of the San Ramon Government 101 program.
* City staff will provide a regular update on the San Ramon Library renovation project.
* Before the regular meeting, the council will gather starting at 5 p.m. for a public workshop on the city budget for fiscal year 2016-17, which begins July 1.
